UAE and Ireland on Tuesday confirmed their tickets to the ICC males’s T20 World Cup in Australia after reaching the ultimate of the Qualifier A at Al Amerat, Oman.
UAE stopped the three-match successful run of Nepal with a 68-run victory whereas Ireland beat Oman by 56 runs.
At the Oman Academy floor 1, UAE produced a scientific efficiency to achieve the T20 World Cup for the second time. The final time UAE made it to the worldwide showpiece occasion was in 2014.
For Ireland, the one Full Member nation in Qualifier A, it is going to be their seventh look on the world showpiece.
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The two successful groups took the thirteenth and 14th spots for the match in Australia later this 12 months, with the final two locations to be determined on the Qualifier B in July.
Chasing an imposing victory goal of 176, Nepal had been rocked by the early strikes of UAE pacer Junaid Siddique.
The fast was in prime gear, eradicating the top-three Nepal batters in his three-over spell. A sensational opening over noticed Siddique sending again opener Aasif Sheikh and one-down batter Lokesh Bam off two successive balls. Nepal had been 3 for two in six balls and the chase appeared a tall order.
Siddique then took the prize scalp of Nepal’s in-form batter Kushal Bhurtel in his second over. UAE skipper Ahmed Raza’s double-strike within the thirteenth over extinguished no matter hopes Nepal had as they had been right down to 83 for six.
Raza’s golden arm discovered him extra success to wrap up Nepal innings for 107 and his five-wicket haul incomes him the participant of the match award. The skilled duo of Dipendra Singh Airee (38) and Gyanendra Malla had been the one batters to achieve double digits.
Earlier, Vriitya Aravind continued together with his blazing batting show. A whirlwind knock of 46 off 23 set the tone for his crew’s spectacular whole.
Ireland ease to victory
Batting first after dropping the toss, Ireland posted 165 for 7. Gareth Delany top-scored with a 32-ball 47. Oman started the Powerplay properly as Ireland’s normally dependable opening pair — Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie — failed them this time.
However, Delany and Harry Tector stitched an 82-run fourth wicket stand to place the strain again on the hosts. Tector was the aggressor early on, however as soon as Delany settled in, fireworks ensued on each ends of the wicket.
The winner of Thursday’s ultimate between UAE and Ireland will safe a spot in Group 1 of the primary spherical on the World Cup later this 12 months. They will be a part of Sri Lanka and Namibia with the fourth crew to be determined after the Qualifier B in June.
The runners-up on Thursday will be a part of West Indies and Scotland in Group 2. The winner of Qualifier B will full the Group 2 in June.
